(1)Maitreya said: 'None of
those headed by Sanaka [the Kumâras] nor the
other sons of Brahmâ: Nârada, Ribhu, Hamsa, Aruni and Yati,
lived a householder's life [being
married]; they were celibates [ûrdhva
retasah, who send their seed upwards].(2)Oh
slayer of enemies,
Mrishâ, the wife [and sister] of [another son of Brahmâ
called Irreligion or] Adharma produced the two [children] Dambha
[Bluffing] and Mâyâ [Cheating], but they were taken by [a
demon ruling the south-west called] Nirriti who had no children.(3)From those
two Lobha [Greed] and Nikrita [Cunning] were born,, oh great soul. And from the
both of them there
were
Krodha
[Anger]
and
Himsâ
[Malice].
From
these
two
[irreligiously
being
bound
in
incest]Kali and the sister called
Durukti [Harsh
Speech] were born.(4)Oh
best of the truthful, bound to Durukti
Kali produced Bhaya [Fearfulness] and Mrityu [Death] and of those two
combined Yâtanâ [Excessive Pain] and Niraya [Hell] took
birth.(5)
I thus explained to you in short the cause of the devastation [of
landing in hell because of irreligion]. Anyone who hears this
description three times, oh pure one, will lead a pious life and see
the contamination of his mind being washed away. (6)I shall now describe the dynasty famous
for
its virtuous activities, oh best of the Kurus, that evolved from the
Manu called Svâyambhuva, who was a part of a plenary portion of
the Personality of Godhead
[viz. Brahmâ].(7)Uttânapâda
and
Priyavrata,
the
two
sons
of
Queen
Satârûpa
and
her
husband were there, as
parts of [Brahmâ's plenary
expansion] of the
Supreme
Lord Vâsudeva, for
the protection and maintenance of
the world.(8)
Of the two wives of Uttânapâda,
Sunîti ['the one of good conduct'] and Suruci ['the one
delighting'], Suruci was more
dear to the husband than the other one who
had a son called Dhruva ['the immovable one']. (9) When the king one day was patting the son of
Suruci named Uttama ['the one of excel'] whom he had placed on his lap,
he turned away Dhruva who also tried to get on his lap. (10)Queen Suruci who
was very
proud [of the king's attentions] enviously spoke to Dhruva, the
child
of the co-wife that
tried to get on his lap, in such a way that the
king could hear it.(11)'My dear child, you do not deserve to seat
yourself where the king sits because, even
though you were born as a son of the king, you were not born from my
womb.(12)Oh
child, you do not understand
that, because you are not my own but were born from the womb of another
woman, the thing you desire is out of your reach.(13)You
can seat yourself on the
throne of the king if you want, but only if you, by means of
penance, have satisfied the Original Person of God and thus by His
mercy have secured a
place for yourself in my womb [to be born again].'(14)Maitreya said: 'Pierced by the harsh words of
his stepmother, he out of anger began to breathe as heavily as a snake
struck by a stick and with his father silently looking on,
he began to weep and ran away to his mother. (15) Having heard from the others what had
happened Sunîti lifted her panting son whose lips were
trembling on her lap, feeling very sorry over what was said by the
co-wife. (16)Losing her self-control
she
cried
with
a
fire
of
grief that burned like
dry leaves and upon
remembering the things said by the other
wife she spoke through the haze of tears
that fell from her lotus like face.(17)Not
knowing
how
to
curb
the
danger the lady breathed heavily and said to her son: 'Do not think evil of others, my dear son, for
someone will have to suffer
himself from the pain he wishes others.(18)The
truth of what mother
Suruci has told you about having taken birth from the womb of me as the
unfortunate one, and that you grew up on the milk from my breast, is
that the king feels ashamed. He regrets it to have
accepted me for his wife.(19)What your
stepmother
told
you
is not false. If
you want to sit on the throne just like
Uttama, then just engage yourself, without
being envious, my dear son, in worshiping the lotus
feet of Adhokshaja, the Lord of Transcendence.(20)The
unborn One [your
great-grandfather Brahmâ] no doubt acquired his supreme position
in the universe and his qualifications to create, from worshiping the
One whom we know by His lotus feet and who can be approached by those
who in self-regulation have subdued the mind.(21)Likewise
Manu,
your
worshipable
grandfather,
achieved liberation and the
heavenly and earthly happiness that is so difficult to achieve by other
means, because he, in worship executing sacrifices, was of an
unflinching devotion and of great charity.(22)Take shelter
of Him, the
Kindhearted Caretaker, dear boy, for people who desire liberation
follow the path of His lotus feet. Worship the Supreme Personality by
fixing your mind upon His image, by thinking of nothing else and by
being
faithful to your original sense of duty with Him.(23)Looking
for
someone
else,
there
is
no
one
but the Lord with the lotus eyes who can
mitigate your sorrow. Even the
Goddess of Fortune
who is worshiped by others, my dear boy, is always looking for Him with a lotus flower in
her hand.'

(24)Maitreya said: 'Thus having heard the
purposeful words of the mother he, mindfully
keeping himself under control, left
his
father's
house.(25)Nârada
who
came
to
hear
about
it and
understood his intentions, was surprised and, with the hand that could
expel all sin touching
his head, he exclaimed:(26)'Oh
that might of the rulers!
Unable to tolerate any infringement on their prestige, he here being
only a child, took to heart the unpalatable words of his
stepmother.'(27)Nârada then said: 'Why is it that you, a child normally
fond
of sports and games, presently feel insulted for not being
respected?(28) Even
though you do not see it differently [but from your honor], what else
but being illusioned would the reason be that people are dissatisfied
in this world wherein one, because of one's karma, is separated from
each other?(29)Be
therefore
satisfied [in turning away from illusion], my
dear
one.
Whatever it is that fate has in stall for a
person, is by someone
intelligent recognized as a path leading to the Supreme.(30)But
the yoga your mother told
you to do for
elevating yourself to His mercy, is in my opinion hard to perform for a
person like you.(31)Even
to
sages
for many births on the path of
detachment, it may happen that
they never come to understand what they are
looking for in
the absorption of their strict yoga practice.(32)
Therefore give up your insistence, it takes you nowhere. Save it for
the future,
you will find ample opportunity then. (33) Any
embodied soul having peace with whatever happiness or distress provided
by destiny, can reach beyond the
darkness.(34) With something [or someone] better
one should be pleased, with something [or someone] of a lesser
quality one should be compassionate and with something [or someone]
equal one should be friendly. Thus fostering no desires one is never
affected by tribulations.' (35)Dhruva said: 'This balance of
mind you talk about, oh Lordship, is [a quality] of people merciful
with those who, with their happiness and distress, have lost
track of the soul, but for persons like us it is very difficult to
see
it the way you said it.(36) Because I was born a ruler I am not that
tolerant. Pierced by the harsh
words of mother Suruci I cannot be as merciful [as you]. (37)Please
tell
me
an
honest
way to pursue my desire for a superior position in the three
worlds, oh brahmin. How can I reach a position not even attained by
others like my
father, grandfather and
forefathers?(38) You as a worthy descendant of Lord
Brahmâ
playing the vînâ, just like the sun
travel around the world for the sake of its welfare.'

(39)Maitreya said: 'Nârada was very pleased
to hear what Dhruva said, whereupon he compassionately replied to
give the boy good advice.(40)Nârada
told
him:
'The
path
mentioned
by your mother offully
absorbing yourself in
rendering service to the Supreme
Lord
Vâsudeva, constitutes the highest perfection in life.(41)For
the
one
who
seeks the
supreme benefit of the
self by what is known as dharma, artha, kâma and
moksha [the
civil
virtues
of
religious
righteousness, economic activity, regulation of
sense
gratification and finding liberation], the worship of the Lord's
lotus feet constitutes the only motive.(42)For
that purpose, my dear boy, go with my
blessing to the bank of the Yamunâ and be purified by the
sacredness of the Madhuvana forest where the Lord is always present.(43)When
you have taken a bath in
that
river, [also called] the Kâlindî [according to the name of
the
mountain where the Yamunâ springs from] - which correctly performed three times a day is a most auspicious thing
to do - you should
sit down on a sitting place you have prepared.(44)By
means
of
the
three
types of
breath
control [of prânâyâma:
controlling
the
ingoing,
the outgoing and balanced breath] you must, step by step giving
up the impurities of your mind and controlling your life breath and
senses, meditate on the
Supreme
Spiritual Masterwith an
undisturbed mind.(45) Always willing to be of mercy, He with His
pleasing mouth and typical look,
His
straight nose, arched eyebrows and intelligent forehead, is the beauty
of
the demigods. (46)Youthful,
attractive in all
His limbs and with lips and eyes as reddish as a rising sun, He is the
shelter of the surrendered souls, the strength of man and an ocean of
mercy.(47)
Marked with the S'rîvatsa [a few white hairs on His chest] and of
a deeply bluish [gray] color, He is the original Personality garlanded
with
flowers, showing the conch shell, the disc, the club and lotus flower
in
His four hands. (48)The garments of yellow silk He wears, are
complemented by a helmet,
pearl earrings, a necklace, bracelets and the Kausthuba jewel. (49)Pleasing both the eye and
the mind, He has small
bells of gold
around His waist and His ankles and is of a superior calm, peace and
serenity.(50) Standing on the whorl of the
lotus
of theirhearts, He occupies the minds of those who
worship His lotus feet by the light of His
glittering nails. (51)This
way you regularly must envision
the smiling of the Lord
who is
so affectionate
with the devotees, and thus fully attentive let your mind meditate on
the greatest of all benedictors.(52)When
you thus meditate on the
very auspicious form of the Supreme Lord, your mind, being
transcendentally
enriched, very soon will be freed from all material contamination and
never wander off.

(53)Please
hear
from me the most confidential mantra, oh prince, whereupon meditating a
person in seven days can see what is moving in the ether [planets,
heavenly beings, thoughts].(54)'Om namo bhagavate vâsudevâya' [my respects for the
Supreme Lord Vâsudeva]. With this mantra [called the dvâdas'âkshara
mantra]a wise person, conversant with the
divisions of time and
place [des'a-kâla-vibhâgavit], should exercise respect for
the physical appearance of the Lord, as should with the different paraphernalia.(55)You
should
be
of
worship with
the help of pure water, garlands of forest flowers, roots, different
fruits and vegetables, fresh grass, buds, bark and by offering tulsî
leaves that are very dear to the Lord, your master. (56)You
can [being alone in the
forest] begin with procuring
and worshiping a deity made of physical elements like earth and water
[clay], and therewith, as a sage, be of full self-control in
peace checking your speech and eat frugally whatever the forest
offers.(57)Meditate
therewith
on
the
inconceivable
activities
that
by
the
Supreme
Lord
of
Wisdom were performed in
the
form of an avatâra to exercise His supreme will and
potencies.(58)In
service of the
Supreme Lord you should
respect Him in your heart with the mantras that embody Him. Do that the
prescribed way with the
devotional service of the
teachers of the past. (59-60)When
the
Supreme
Lord
thus, by your engagement of being of service with your body, mind and
words, is
worshiped according to the regulative principles of bhakti, He will
strengthen the devotion of you as a sincerely and seriously
engaged devotee. He will award
you with
that what you, as a conditioned
soul, desire for your spiritual
life and everything that belongs to it [for the fulfillment of
the
so-called purushârthas].(61)
Free from attachment to sensual matters making serious work of uniting
in devotion unto Him, one must always filled with love, directly be of
worship for the sake of [one's own] liberation [and the liberation of
others].'

(62)Thus being addressed by Nârada, the son
of the king circumambulated him offering his obeisances
and went to the
Madhuvana forest that, imprinted by the lotus feet of the Lord, was the
right place to be. (63)After
Dhruva had entered the forest
for penance, the sage thought it
wise
to
pay
the
king a visit in his palace. Respectfully being welcomed he, seated
there comfortably, spoke
to him.(64)Nârada
said:
'Dear
King,
your
face
looks withered, what are you thinking so deeply about? Have
you lost your way with the gratification of your senses, the
religion or the economy?' (65)The king replied: 'Oh brahmin, my son, my sweet boy who is only five years old and actually is a
great personality and devotee, I have, being too attached to my wife
and too hard-hearted, banished from here together with his mother.(66)I
worry
whether
the helpless boy whose face is
like a
lotus, without being protected by
anyone in the forest, oh brahmin, is starving or being tired having laid down, has been
devoured by wolves.(67)Alas,
how cruel I was being
conquered by a woman. Just imagine how utterly hard-hearted I was
denying him all affection when he out of love tried to climb on my
lap.'

(68)Nârada
said: 'Do not, I say, do not be aggrieved about your son. He is well
protected by the Lord, oh master of men. As yet you have no idea of his
glory that will spread all over the world. (69)The
boy is a master. After performing
what is impossible for even the greatest personalities around, he, in
favor of your reputation, will come straight back to you, dear
King.'

(70)Maitreya Muni said: 'The king,
having heard what Nârada told him, began to think about his son and neglected his opulent kingdom.(71)[Dhruva]
meanwhile, after taking a bath and
fasting that night,
worshiped the
Original
Personality with perfect attention, the way
Nârada had advised it.(72) The first month worshiping the Lord he after every third night, to the bare
necessity of preserving his body, only ate fruits and berries in the
morning. (73)The
next month the boy continued with his respect for the Almighty Lord by
eating every sixth day his food consisting of dried grasses and leaves.(74)
He, fully being absorbed in his respect for the Lord of Wisdom,
Uttamas'loka, passed the third month with drinking water only every
ninth day.(75)
Likewise continuing the fourth month, he, by controlling his breath
while meditating in worship of the Lord, only ate air every twelfth day.(76)By
the fifth month in full
control of his breath, the son of the king, meditating upon the
Creator, motionless stood on one leg like a column.(77)With
his
mind
fully
controlled
concentrating, he meditated with no other thought than
the form of the Supreme Lord, of Him, the resting place
for the senses
and their objects in his heart.(78)When
he kept his mind focussed on
the foundation, the cosmic intelligence of the reality, the Lord and
Master of
the primal ether [pradhâna] and the person, the Supreme
Spirit, the three worlds began to tremble.(79)
While standing on his one leg, the child of the king with the one half
[of his body] pressed down
the
earth with his big toe bent, like the king of the elephants does when
he
like a boat balances left and right with every step. (80)Because
he
in
the
full of his meditation on the complete of the universal form, had
stopped his breathing and had closed all the gates of his body, he
thus, by confining the life air, suffocated all the worlds. For that
reason soon the great souls from all places sought their refuge with
the Lord.

(81)The
godly souls said: 'We cannot understand this, oh Supreme Lord, the flow
of the universal breath is obstructed! Therefore, oh reservoir of
goodness so kind to the needy, we all approach You for shelter in order
to be saved from this calamity.'

(82)The Supreme Lord replied:
'Fear not, this
choking of your life air happens on account of the son of King
Uttânapâda who is fully absorbed in thoughts of Me. I will
ask the
boy so strong in his determination of penance to stop with this. Please
return to your homes.'

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Text
1

Maitreya said: 'None of
those headed by Sanaka [the Kumâras] nor the
other sons of Brahmâ: Nârada, Ribhu, Hamsa, Aruni and Yati,
lived a householder's life [being
married];
they
were
celibates [ûrdhva
retasah, who send their seed upwards].

Maitreya
said: 'None of the ones headed by Sanaka or the other sons of
Brahmâ - Nârada, Ribhu, Hamsa, Aruni and Yati - stayed at
home; they for sure lived the celibate life [ûrdhva retasah,
sending their seed upwards]. (Vedabase)

Text
2

Oh slayer of enemies,
Mrishâ, the wife [and sister] of [another son of Brahmâ
called Irreligion or] Adharma produced the two [children] Dambha
[Bluffing] and Mâyâ [Cheating], but they were taken by [a
demon ruling the south-west called] Nirriti who had no children.

O slayer
of enemies, Mrishâ, the wife [and sister] of [another son of
Brahmâ called] Irreligion produced the two [sons] Bluffing and
Cheating, but they were taken by [a demon called] Nirriti who was
without children. (Vedabase)

Text
3

From those two Lobha [Greed]
and Nikrita [Cunning] were born, oh
great soul. And from the both of them there were Krodha [Anger] and
Himsâ [Malice]. From these two [irreligiouslybeing bound in
incest]Kali and the sister called
Durukti [Harsh Speech] were born.

From
those two were born Greed and Cunning and, o great soul, from the both
of them there were Anger and Malice. On turn from the both of them
there were Kali and the sister called Harsh Speech. (Vedabase)

Text
4

Oh best of the truthful,
bound
to Durukti
Kali produced Bhaya [Fearfulness] and Mrityu
[Death] and of those two combined Yâtanâ [Excessive Pain]
and Niraya [Hell] took birth.

O best
of the truthful, from Harsh Speech did Kali produce Fearfulness and
Death and of those two combined were produced Excessive Pain as well as
Hell. (Vedabase)

Text 5

I
thus explained to you in short the cause of the devastation [of landing
in hell because of irreligion]. Anyone who hears this description three
times, oh pure one, will lead a pious life and see the contamination of
his mind being washed away.

In short
I so explained to you the cause of devastation; your soul its
contamination will be washed off if you, as one of piety, hear of this
description three times, o pure one. (Vedabase)

Text 6

I shall now describe the
dynasty famous for
its virtuous activities, oh best of the Kurus, that evolved from the
Manu called Svâyambhuva, who was a part of a plenary portion of
the Personality of Godhead
[viz. Brahmâ].

Now
following, I will describe the dynasty famous for its virtuous
activities, o best of the Kurus, that evolved from the Manu called
Svâyambhuva, who was a part of a plenary portion [Brahmâ]
of the Personality of Godhead. (Vedabase)

Text
7

Uttânapâda
and
Priyavrata,
the
two
sons
of
Queen
Satârûpa
and
her
husband
were there, as
parts of [Brahmâ's plenary
expansion] of the
Supreme
Lord Vâsudeva, for
the protection and maintenance of
the world.

Uttânapâda
and
Priyavrata,
the
two
sons of Queen S'atarûpâ and her
husband, as being part of the plenary expansion [Brahmâ] of the
Supreme Lord Vâsudeva, were there for the protection and
maintenance of the world. (Vedabase)

Text
8

Of the two wives of
Uttânapâda, Sunîti ['the one of good conduct'] and
Suruci ['the one
delighting'], Suruci was
more dear to the husband
than the other one who had a son called Dhruva ['the immovable one'].

Of the
two wives of Uttânapâda, Sunîti ['the one of good
conduct'] and Suruci, was Suruci ['the one delighting'] far more dear
to the husband than the other one who had a son called Dhruva ['the
immovable one']. (Vedabase)

Text
9

When the king one day
was
patting the son of
Suruci named Uttama ['the one of excel'] whom he had placed on his lap,
he turned away Dhruva who also tried to get on his lap.

When
once the king was patting the son of Suruci named Uttama ['the one of
excel'], whom he had placed on his lap, did he not welcome Dhruva who
also tried to get on his lap. (Vedabase)

Text
10

Queen Suruci who was
very
proud [of the king's attentions] enviously spoke to Dhruva, the
child of the co-wifethat
tried to get on his lap, in such a way that the
king could hear it.

Queen
Suruci who, being too proud, was envious, made the child of the
co-wife, Dhruva, who tried to get up to him, listen to her, speaking so
that the king could hear it. (Vedabase)

Text11

'My dear child, you do not deserve to
seat
yourself where the king sits because, even
though you were born as a son of the king, you were not born from my
womb.

'My dear
child, you do not deserve to seat yourself where the king sits, that
place belongs to me because, although you were born as a son of the
king, you were not born from my womb. (Vedabase)

Text
12

Oh
child, you do not understand
that, because you are not my own but were born from the womb of another
woman, the thing you desire is out of your reach.

O child,
try to understand of yourself that, because you are not my own but from
the womb of another woman, the matter you desire is out of your reach. (Vedabase)

Text
13

You
can seat yourself on the
throne of the king if you want, but only if you, by means of
penance, have satisfied the Original Person of God and thus by His
mercy have secured a
place for yourself in my womb [to be born again].'

If you
so desire, you can only by means of penance, having satisfied the
Person of God and by His mercy having found yourselves a place in my
womb, seat yourselves on the throne of the King.' (Vedabase)

Text 14

Maitreya
said:
'Pierced
by
the
harsh
words
of
his
stepmother,
he
out
of anger began to breathe as heavily as a snake
struck by a stick and with his father silently looking on,
he began to weep and ran away to his mother.

Maitreya
said: 'Pierced by the harsh words of his stepmother, he out of anger
began to breathe heavily, as a snake struck by a stick, and when he saw
how his father looked on as a silent witness, began he to weep and went
he to where his mother was. (Vedabase)

Text 15

Having heard from the
others
what had
happened Sunîti lifted her panting son whose lips were
trembling on her lap, feeling very sorry over what was said by the
co-wife.

Having
heard from the others what had happened lifted Sunîti her heavily
breathing son, whose lips were trembling, on her lap feeling very sorry
over what was said by the co-wife. (Vedabase)

Text 16

Losing
her self-control
she
cried
with
a
fire
of
grief that burned like
dry leaves and upon
remembering the things said by the other
wife she spoke through the haze of tears
that fell from her lotus like face.

Losing
her composure the woman lamented with a fire of grief which, in
remembrance of the things said by the other wife, burnt like dry leaves
and spoke she through the haze of tears that fell from her lotus-like
face. (Vedabase)

Text 17

Not
knowing
how
to
curb
the
danger the lady breathed heavily and said to her son: 'Do not think evil
of others, my dear son, for someone will have to suffer
himself from the pain he wishes others.

Gasping
for air the lady found no way to avert the danger and said to her son:
'Do not wish others anything inauspicious, my dear son, a person will
have to suffer himself from the ill he wishes others. (Vedabase)

Text18

The truth of what mother
Suruci has told you about having taken birth from the womb of me as the
unfortunate one, and that you grew up on the milk from my breast, is
that the king feels ashamed. He regrets it to have
accepted me for his wife.

The
truth of what mother Suruci has told you about having taken birth from
the womb of me, the unfortunate one, and that you grew up on the milk
from that breast, is that the king became ashamed or in other words,
that he regrets having accepted me for his wife. (Vedabase)

Text19

What your
stepmother
told
you
is not false. If
you want to sit on the throne just like
Uttama, then just engage yourself, without
being envious, my dear son, in worshiping the lotus
feet of Adhokshaja, the Lord of Transcendence.

If you
desire to occupy the throne as also Uttama does, then just engage
yourselves in the worship of the lotus feet of Adhokshaja, the Lord of
Transcendence, my dear son, without being envious, for all that your
stepmother has told you is factual. (Vedabase)

Text20

The unborn One [your
great-grandfather Brahmâ] no doubt acquired his supreme position
in the universe and his qualifications to create, from worshiping the
One whom we know by His lotus feet and who can be approached by those
who in self-regulation have
subdued
the
mind.

The
unborn One [your great-grandfather, Brahmâ] no doubt acquired his
supreme position in the universe with the qualifications to create,
from worshiping the One of whom we know the lotus feet and who can be
approached by the ones who conquered the mind in selfregulation. (Vedabase)

Text21

Likewise
Manu, your worshipable grandfather, achieved liberation and the
heavenly and earthly happiness that is so difficult to achieve by other
means, because he, in worship executing sacrifices, was of an
unflinching devotion and of great charity.

Likewise,
found
the
Manu,
your
worshipable grandfather, his liberation
thereafter; he who in worshiping with unflinching devotion and by great
charity in executing sacrifices, achieved the divine in earthly
happines, that is difficult to achieve by other means. (Vedabase)

Text22

Take
shelter
of Him, the
Kindhearted Caretaker, dear boy, for people who desire liberation
follow the path of His lotus feet. Worship the Supreme Personality by
fixing your mind upon His image, by thinking of nothing else and by
being
faithful to your original sense of duty with Him.

With
Him, the Kind One taking care, my dear boy, you also should take
shelter like everyone else desiring liberation has to figure out the
path of the lotus feet; keep with determination, from your original
nature, your mind fixed upon the devotional service of the Original
Personality of God. (Vedabase)

Text23

Looking
for
someone
else,
there
is
no
one
but the Lord with the lotus eyes who can
mitigate your sorrow. Even the
Goddess of Fortune
who is worshiped by others, my dear boy, is always looking for Him with a lotus flower in
her hand.'

Looking
for others who could ease your difficulties I know no one else to go
for but Him, the lotus-eyed One, my dearest, who is sought by the
herself eagerly sought Goddess of Fortune with a lotus flower in her
hand.' (Vedabase)

Text24

Maitreya said: 'Thus having heard the
purposeful words of the mother he, mindfully
keeping
himself
under
control,
left his father's
house.

Maitreya
said: 'Thus having heard the purposeful words of the mother left he his
father's house, mindfully keeping himself under control. (Vedabase)

Text25

Nârada who came to
hear
about it and
understood his intentions, was surprised and, with the hand that could
expel all sin touching
his head, he exclaimed:

Nârada
who
came
to
hear
about it and knew what he was about to do, was
surprised and with the hand, that could expel all sin, touching his
head, he exclaimed: (Vedabase)

Text26

'Oh
that might of the rulers!
Unable to tolerate any infringement on their prestige, he here being
only a child, took to heart the unpalatable words of his
stepmother.'

'Oh that
might of the rulers! Unable to tolerate any infringement on their
prestige, this one being only a child, took offense at the unpalatable
words that came from his stepmother.' (Vedabase)

Text27

Nârada then
said: 'Why is it that you, a child normally
fond
of sports and games, presently feel insulted for not being
respected?

Nârada
then
said:
'Why
is
it my dear boy, that with you, presently finding no
respect being insulted, I cannot see the attachment to sports and games
normal for boys like you? (Vedabase)

Text28

Even though you do not
see it differently [but from your honor], what else but being
illusioned would the reason be that people are dissatisfied in this
world wherein one, because of one's karma, is separated from each other?

Even
though you see no alternative, what reasons, other than being
illusioned, would there be for people to be dissatisfied in this world
wherein one by ones karma is separated from one another? (Vedabase)

Text29

Be
therefore
satisfied [in turning away from illusion], my
dear
one.
Whatever it is that fate has in stall for a
person, is by someone
intelligent recognized as a path leading to the Supreme.

Therefore
you
should
be
satisfied,
dear one; whatever the nature of what destiny
prepares a person, is by an intelligent person seen as a way towards
the Supreme. (Vedabase)

Text30

But the yoga your mother told
you to do for
elevating yourself to His mercy, is in my opnion hard to perform for a
person like you.

Isn't it
therefore so, as I am convinced is the case, that the yoga your mother
told you to do for elevating yourself to His mercy, is too difficult
for a person like you? (Vedabase)

Text31

Even
to sages for many births on the path of
detachment, it may happen that
they never come to understand what they are
looking for in
the absorption of their strict yoga practice.

The
greatest sages, who were on the path of detachment for many births,
never came to understand what they were looking for, despite of being
in the full of the severest austerities. (Vedabase)

Text32

Therefore
give
up
your
insistence, it takes you nowhere. Save it for the future,
you will find ample opportunity then.

For this
reason, stop now with this resolve of yours, it'll take you nowhere.
Just reserve that for the future, you'll see that there will be ample
opportunities for yourself then. (Vedabase)

Text33

Any
embodied soul having peace with whatever happiness or distress provided
by destiny, can reach beyond the
darkness.

Any
person who is satisfied with whatever happiness or distress that
destiny prepares him, is able to reach with his embodied soul the side
opposite of darkness. (Vedabase)

Text34

With
something [or someone] better
one should be pleased, with something [or someone] of a lesser
quality one should be compassionate and with something [or someone]
equal one should be friendly. Thus fostering no desires one is never
affected by tribulations.'

To what
is better one should feel pleased, to what is of a lesser quality one
should be compassionate and to what is equal one should be friendly;
thus fostering no desires one is never affected by tribulations.' (Vedabase)

Text35

Dhruva said: 'This balance of
mind you talk about, oh Lordship, is [a quality] of people merciful
with those who, with their happiness and distress, have lost
track of the soul, but for persons like us it is very difficult to
see
it the way you said it.

Dhruva
said: 'This balance of mind you talk about o Lordship, is of those who
are merciful to people who are affected, but for persons like us it is
very difficult to see it the way you said it. (Vedabase)

Text36

Because
I
was
born a ruler I am not that
tolerant. Pierced by the harsh
words of mother Suruci I cannot be as merciful [as you].

It is
from being born a ruler that I'm not that tolerant; pierced by the
harsh words of mother Suruci I cannot keep my heart [to what you said].
(Vedabase)

Text37

Please tell me an honest
way to pursue my desire for a superior position in the three
worlds, oh brahmin. How can I reach a position not even attained by
others like my
father, grandfather and
forefathers?

Please
tell me of an honest way to pursue my desire for such a superior
position in the three worlds, o brahmin, as not even others like my
father, grandfather and forefathers could acquire. (Vedabase)

Text38

You as
a worthy descendant of Lord Brahmâ
playing the vînâ, just like the sun
travel around the world for the sake of its welfare.'

Your
honor, being born as a true part of Lord Brahmâ, do you, playing
the vînâ, like the sun travel all over the world for the
sake of its welfare.' (Vedabase)

Text39

Maitreya said: 'Nârada was very
pleased
to hear what Dhruva said, whereupon he compassionately replied to
give the boy good advice.

Maitreya
said: 'Thus hearing what he told him, was Nârada very pleased,
whereupon he compassionately replied to give the boy good advice. (Vedabase)

Text40

Nârada told him:
'The
path mentioned by your mother offully absorbing yourself in
rendering service to the Supreme
Lord
Vâsudeva, constitutes the highest perfection in life.

For the one who seeks
the
supreme benefit of the
self by what is known as dharma, artha, kâma and
moksha [the
civil
virtues
of
religious
righteousness, economic activity, regulation of
sense
gratification and finding liberation], the worship of the Lord's
lotus feet constitutes the only motive.

One who
in the name of duty, virtue, gratification and liberation desires after
the goal of life of the soul, should in that only be for the cause of
serving His feet. (Vedabase)

Text42

For that purpose, my dear boy,
go
with my
blessing to the bank of the Yamunâ and be purified by the
sacredness of the Madhuvana forest where the Lord is always present.

To that,
my dear, with my blessing, go to the bank of the Yamunâ and be
purified by the sacredness of the Madhuvana forest where the Lord is
always present. (Vedabase)

Text43

When
you have taken a bath in
that
river, [also called] the Kâlindî [according to the name of
the
mountain where the Yamunâ springs from] - which correctly performed three times a day
is a most auspicious thing to do - you should
sit down on a sitting place you have prepared.

When you
have taken a bath in that river there, the Kâlindî [the
Yamunâ to the name of the mountain where the Yamunâ finds
her source], which most auspicious the right way is performed three
times a day, you should seat yourself having prepared a sitting
place. (Vedabase)

Text44

By means of the
three types of
breath
control [of prânâyâma:
controlling
the
ingoing,
the outgoing and balanced breath] you must, step by step giving
up the impurities of your mind and controlling your life breath and
senses, meditate on the
Supreme
Spiritual Masterwith an
undisturbed mind.

Through
the threefold of breathcontrol [prânâyâma:
controlling the in-, the outgoing and balanced breath] gradually giving
up the impurities of one's thinking to the life's air and the senses,
should one, with a mind unperturbed, meditate upon the Supreme
Spiritual Master. (Vedabase)

Text45

Always
willing to be of mercy, He with His pleasing mouth and typical look,
His
straight nose, arched eyebrows and intelligent forehead, is the beauty
of
the demigods.

Always
prepared to be merciful, with His pleasing mouth and typical look, His
straight nose, high brows and intelligent forehead, is He the beauty of
the demigods.(Vedabase)

Text46

Youthful,
attractive in
all
His limbs and with lips and eyes as reddish as a rising sun, He is the
shelter of the surrendered souls, the strength of man and an ocean of
mercy.

Youthful,
attractive
in
all
His
limbs and with lips as red as a rising sun, is He
the shelter of the surrendered, transcendental in every respect; the
Worthy One merciful like the ocean. (Vedabase)

Text47

Marked with the
S'rîvatsa [a few white hairs on His chest] and of
a deeply bluish [gray] color, He is the original Personality garlanded
with
flowers, showing the conch shell, the disc, the club and lotus flower
in
His four hands.

Marked
with the S'rîvatsa [a few white hairs on His chest] and of a
deeply bluish color, He is the original Personality, garlanded with
flowers, showing the conchshell, the disc, the club and lotus flower in
His four hands. (Vedabase)

Text48

The garments of yellow
silk He
wears, are
complemented by a helmet,
pearl earrings, a necklace, bracelets and the Kausthuba jewel.

His
helmet, pearl earrings, necklace, bracelets and the Kausthuba jewel, He
wears to garments of yellow silk. (Vedabase)

Text49

Pleasing both the eye and
the mind, He has small
bells of gold
around His waist and His ankles and is of a superior calm, peace and
serenity.

He has
small bells of gold around His waist and His ankles and is of a
superior calm, peace and quietude pleasing as well the eye as the mind. (Vedabase)

Text50

Standing
on
the
whorl
of the
lotus
of theirhearts, He
occupies the minds of those who worship His lotus feet by the light of
His
glittering nails.

He takes
His place on the whorl of the lotus of the hearts of those who in
worship unite in the light of the glittering nails of His lotus feet. (Vedabase)

Text51

This way you regularly must
envision the smiling of the Lord
who is
so affectionate
with the devotees, and thus fully attentive let your mind meditate on
the greatest of all benedictors.

One
should this way always see the Lord His smiling, so affectionate with
the devotees, and thus in full attention with one's mind meditate on
the greatest of all benedictors. (Vedabase)

Text52

When you thus meditate on the
very auspicious form of the Supreme Lord, your mind, being
transcendentally
enriched, very soon will be freed from all material contamination and
never wander off.

The mind
thus meditating the very auspicious form of the Supreme Lord is, being
transcendentally enriched, very soon freed from all material
contamination and will never lead away from that position. (Vedabase)

Text53

Please hear
from me the most confidential mantra, oh prince, whereupon meditating a
person in seven days can see what is moving in the ether [planets,
heavenly beings, thoughts].

Please
hear from me the very, very confidential mantra to chant, o prince,
from which, done for a seven nights, a person may see the beauty of the
beyond. (Vedabase)

Text54

'Om namo bhagavate vâsudevâya' [my respects for the
Supreme Lord Vâsudeva].
With this mantra [called the dvâdas'âkshara
mantra]a wise person, conversant with the
divisions of time and place [des'a-kâla-vibhâgavit],
should
exercise
respect
for
the
physical appearance of the Lord, as should with the
different paraphernalia.

'Om namo
bhagavate vâsudevâya' [my respects for Vâsudeva, the
Supreme Lord]; with this mantra [called the
dvâdas'âkshara-mantra] should the learned one exercise
respect for the physical of the Lord, the way it should be done, with
the diverse paraphernalia and as someone conversant with the
differences to place and time [des'a-kâla-vibhâgavit]. (Vedabase)

Text55

You
should be of worship with the help of pure water, garlands of forest
flowers, roots, different fruits and vegetables, fresh grass, buds,
bark and by offering tulsî
leaves that are very dear to the Lord, your
master.

One
purifies with the help of water, garlands of forest flowers, roots, the
diverse fruits and vegetables, fresh grass, buds, bark and with the
respect of tulsî-leaves, which are very dear to the Lord your
master. (Vedabase)

Text56

You can [being alone in the
forest] begin with procuring
and worshiping a deity made of physical elements like earth and water
[clay], and therewith as a sage be of full self-control in
peace checking your speech and eat frugally whatever
the forest
offers.

One may
begin with procuring and worshiping a deity made of physical elements
like earth and water [clay], or, as a great personality, be of full
self-control and in peace control one's speech and eat frugally from
whatever the forest offers. (Vedabase)

Text57

Meditate
therewith
on
the
inconceivable
activities
that
by
the
Supreme
Lord
of
Wisdom were performed in
the
form of an avatâra to exercise His supreme will and
potencies.

To that
should one meditate on the intriguing activities performed by the
Supreme Lord of Wisdom, the way He, by His own potency, so
inconceivably incarnates out of His own will. (Vedabase)

Text58

In service of the
Supreme Lord you should
respect Him in your heart with the mantras that embody Him. Do that the
prescribed way with the
devotional
service of the teachers
of the past.

To be in
service of the Supreme Lord as I told you is the recommendation of the
previous teachers of example who one, within one's heart, for sure
should respect with the mantras, as they are the embodiment of them. (Vedabase)

Text59-60

When
the
Supreme
Lord
thus, by your engagement of being of service with your body,
mind and
words, is
worshiped
according
to
the
regulative principles of bhakti, He will strengthen
the devotion of you as a sincerely and seriously
engaged devotee. He will award you with
that what you, as a conditioned
soul, desire
for
your
spiritual
life and everything that belongs to it [for the
fulfillment of the
so-called purushârthas].

Thus
with one's body, mind and words simply thinking of the Lord, is,
engaged in the service, the Supreme Lord to the regulations of bhakti
worshiped. The devotees engaged sincerely and seriously does the Lord,
who brings love, reward what they desire in regard of the spiritual
life and benefits [the so-called purushârthas ] of the
conditioned souls. (Vedabase)

Text61

Free from attachment
to
sensual matters making serious work of uniting in devotion unto Him,
one must allways filled with love, directly be of worship for the
sake of [one's own] liberation [and the liberation of others].'

In
complete detachment from all sense-gratification must one, being
serious in bhakti-yoga about one's liberation, unrelenting exercise a
respect that is steeped in love for Him directly.' (Vedabase)

Text62

Thus being
addressed by Nârada, the son
of the king circumambulated him offering his obeisances
and went to the
Madhuvana forest that, imprinted by the lotus feet of the Lord, was the
right place to be.

Thus
being addressed by him, circumambulated the son of the king him
offering his obeisances and went he to the Madhuvana forest which,
imprinted by the feet of the Lord, was the right place to be. (Vedabase)

Text63

After
Dhruva had
entered
the
forest
for penance, the sage thought it wise to pay
the king a visit in his palace. Respectfully being welcomed he, seated
there comfortably, spoke
to him.

When he
thus had withdrawn himself entering the forest, thought the respected
sage it wise to pay the king a visit in his palace; and seated there
comfortably, he spoke to him. (Vedabase)

Text64

Nârada said: 'Dear
King,
your face looks withered, what are you thinking so deeply about? Have
you lost your way with the gratification of your senses, the
religion or the economy?'

Nârada
said:
'Dear
King,
what
are you thinking so deeply about with a wry face
- have you lost your grip on the gratification, the religion or the
economy?' (Vedabase)

Text65

The king replied:
'Oh brahmin, my son, my sweet boy who is only five
years old and actually is a
great personality and devotee, I have, being too attached to my wife
and too hard-hearted, banished from here together with his mother.

The king
replied: 'O brahmin, my sweet boy, my son, although he is only five
years old and actually a great personality and devotee, have I, being
too attached to my wife and too hard of heart, banished from here
together with his mother. (Vedabase)

Text66

I worry whether the helpless boy whose face is like a
lotus, without being protected by
anyone in the forest, oh brahmin, is starving or being tired having laid down, has been
devoured by wolves.

I worry
whether, without being protected by anyone in the forest, o brahmin,
the helpless boy whose face is like a lotus, hasn't been devoured by
wolves, in his, emaciated of hunger, in fatigue lying down. (Vedabase)

Text67

Alas, how cruel I was
being
conquered by a woman. Just imagine how utterly hard-hearted I was
denying him all affection when he out of love tried to climb on my
lap.'

Alas,
how cruel was I, being conquered by a woman; just imagine how most hard
hearted I refused to be affectionate with him when he out of love tried
to climb on my lap.' (Vedabase)

Text68

Nârada
said: 'Do not, I say, do not be aggrieved about your son. He is well
protected by the Lord, oh master of men. As yet you have no idea of his
glory that will spread all over the world.

Nârada
said:
'Do
not,
I
say, do not be aggrieved about your son. He is well
protected by the Godhead, o master of men, you don't know how
widespread his influence is all over the world. (Vedabase)

Text69

The
boy is a master. After performing
what is impossible for even the greatest personalities around, he, in
favor of your reputation, will come straight back to you, dear
King.'

The boy
is quite capable; after performing what is impossible for even the
greatest around, will he, to the better of your reputation, directly
come back to you, dear King.' (Vedabase)

Text70

Maitreya Muni said: 'The king,
having heard what Nârada told him, began to think about his son and neglected his opulent kingdom.

Maitreya
Muni said: 'The king, hearing of what Nârada had told him, began
to think about him and fell in neglect with his opulent kingdom. (Vedabase)

Text71

[Dhruva] meanwhile, after taking a bath and
fasting that night, worshiped the Original
Personality with perfect attention, the way
Nârada had advised it.

Meanwhile
was,
after
taking
a
bath, fasting that night, the Original Personality
worshiped [by Dhruva] with perfect attention as Nârada had
advised. (Vedabase)

Text72

The
first
month
worshiping
the Lord he after every third night, to the bare
necessity of preserving his body, only ate fruits and berries in the
morning.

For the
first month worshiping the Lord, he only ate, to the bare necessity of
preserving his body, fruits and berries in the morning after every
third night. (Vedabase)

Text73

The
next
month
the
boy
continued with his respect for the Almighty Lord by
eating every sixth day his food consisting of dried grasses and leaves.

The next
month the innocent boy continued his respect for the Almighty, eating
every sixth day as mentioned, preparing daily his food from grasses and
leaves gone dry. (Vedabase)

Text74

He, fully being absorbed in
his respect for the Lord of Wisdom,
Uttamas'loka, passed the third month with drinking water only every
ninth day.

The
passing third month long he drank each ninth day water only, fully
absorbed in his respect for the Lord of Wisdom, Uttama S'loka. (Vedabase)

Text75

Likewise
continuing
the
fourth
month,
he, by controlling his breath while
meditating in worship of the Lord, only ate air every twelfth day.

That way
continuing into the fourth month, each twelfth day he ate air only,
controlling his breath, meditating in worship of God. (Vedabase)

Text76

By
the fifth month in full
control of his breath, the son of the king, meditating upon the
Creator, motionless stood on one leg like a column.

By the
fifth month still in control of his breath, stood the son of the king,
meditating on the Creator, on one leg like a column without moving. (Vedabase)

Text77

With
his mind fully controlled
concentrating, he meditated with no other thought than
the form of the Supreme Lord, of Him, the resting place
for the senses
and their objects in his heart.

In every
respect concentrating the mind in the heart, meditated he the resting
place for the senses and their objects, not looking for anything else
but the form of the Supreme Lord. (Vedabase)

Text78

When he kept his mind focussed
on
the foundation, the cosmic intelligence of the reality, the Lord and
Master of
the primal ether [pradhâna] and the person, the Supreme
Spirit, the three worlds began to tremble.

Keeping
his mind focussed on the foundation, the cosmic intelligence of the
reality, the master of the primal ether [pradhâna] and the
person, the Supreme Spirit, began all the three worlds to tremble. (Vedabase)

Text79

While
standing on his one leg, the child of the king with the one half [of
his body] pressed down
the
earth with his big toe bent, like the king of the elephants does when
he
like a boat balances left and right with every step.

As he
remained standing on the one leg pressed he, the child of the king,
with the one half [of his body] the earth down with his big toe bent,
just like the king of elephants does who as a boat balances left and
right with every step. (Vedabase)

Text80

Because he in the full
of his meditation on the complete of the universal form, had
stopped his breathing and had closed all the gates of his body, he
thus, by confining the life air, suffocated all the worlds. For that
reason soon the great souls from all places sought their refuge with
the Lord.

He thus
confining the life air, in the full of his meditation having stopped
his breathing and closed all gates of the body, was suffocating all the
worlds and soon all the great ones from all places sought their refuge
with the Lord. (Vedabase)

Text81

The
godly souls said: 'We cannot understand this, oh Supreme Lord, the flow
of the universal breath is obstructed! Therefore, oh reservoir of
goodness so kind to the needy, we all approach You for shelter in order
to be saved from this calamity.'

The
godly said: 'We never saw anything like this, o Supreme Lord; the flow
of the universal breath is obstructed; therefore do we all approach
You, the reservoir of all existence so kind to the needy, to take
shelter with Your Honor to save us from the calamity.' (Vedabase)

Text82

The Supreme Lord replied:
'Fear not, this
choking of your life air happens on account of the son of King
Uttânapâda who is fully absorbed in thoughts of Me. I will
ask the
boy so strong in his determination of penance to stop with this. Please
return to your homes.'

The
Supreme Lord replied: 'Fear not, this choking of the life air happens
on account of the son of King Uttânapâda who is in deep
thought of Me; I will ask the boy, strong in his determination of
penance, to stop with this. Please return to your homes.' (Vedabase)